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image by Zoltan Horvath, 12 May 2012
See also:
Union for the Mediterranean
Union pour la Méditerranée (French)
Al-'Ittihād min Ajil al-Mutawassit (Arabic)
The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) is an inter-governmental organization with
regional focus, working alongside community institutions, which has a permanent
secretariat in Barcelona and a co-presidency shared between the north and the
south of the Mediterranean. It was founded on 13 July 2008 based on the
initiative of French president Nicolas Sarkozy.
UfM is a multilateral partnership with a view to increasing the potential for
regional integration and cohesion among Euro-Mediterranean partners. The Union
for the Mediterranean is inspired by the shared political will to revitalize
efforts to transform the Mediterranean into an area of peace, democracy,
cooperation and prosperity.
Zoltan Horvath, 12 May 2012
There is a flag of the organization itself, it is white over blue, adopted in
2008:
http://www.euromedi.org/inglese/home/partenariato/upm.asp
The upper white stripe symbolizes the sky, the lower is blue, symbolizing the
sea.
Zoltan Horvath, 12 May 2012
image by Zoltan Horvath, 12 May 2012
Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean created by the 43
Euro-Mediterranean Heads of State and Government in Paris. Foreign Affairs
Ministers in their meeting in Marseille on 4 November 2008 decided that the
headquarters of the Secretariat would be in Barcelona.
The creation of a joint secretariat is a key stone in this partnership. The
Secretariat will contribute to reinforcing co ownership of new Mediterranean
relations and achieving visibility through economic projects.
The Secretariat has its own flag. It is blue with secretariat logo in the middle
placed on a white disc.
Images of this flag:
http://www.ufmsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Who_we_are_07.11.jpg
http://www.ufmsecretariat.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ahmad_masadeh.jpg
http://www.ufmsecretariat.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1000227small.jpg
Home page:
http://www.ufmsecretariat.org
Zoltan Horvath, 12 May 2012